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SPC WW 201735

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 695

STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1135 AM CST FRI SEP 20 2002



THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA

   NORTHWESTERN OHIO

   LAKE ERIE



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1135 AM UNTIL 500

PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO

70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST

OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA TO 30 MILES

WEST NORTHWEST OF TOLEDO OHIO.



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING

WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE

WARNINGS.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 693...WW 694...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED INTO SRN IN AHEAD

OF EJECTING TROUGH FROM CENTRAL PLAINS.  WITH VERY MOIST AND

UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...EXPECT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS WATCH AREA DURING

AFTERNOON.  SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES LIKELY GIVEN

FAVORABLE SHEAR.





AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





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